| On New Year’s Day people start a new year. |
| Many people make resolutions. |
| They resolve to be better people. |
| Some people decide that they will lose weight so that they can be healthier. |
| Some people decide to give up smoking. |
| They also want to be healthier. |
| There are all kinds of resolutions that people make. |
| Some people try not to lose their tempers. |
| Some people say that they will work harder. |
| There are people who try to give up bad habits. |
| Every year, my brother says that he will stop biting his nails. |
| He stops biting his nails in January, |
| but by February he always starts again. |
| That is the thing about New Year’s resolutions. |
| People seldom keep them. |
| Everybody starts out with good intentions, |
| but it is very hard to stick with them. |
| I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. |
| I find that I just break them. |
| I just work day by day to break my bad habits. |
| I know that I eat too many sweets. |
| Every day, I just try to resist them. |
| I think that every day is a new day regardless of whether it is New Year’s Day or not. |
| Bad habits are hard to break. |
| The best thing is never to start any bad habits. |
| I don’t know if my brother will ever stop biting his nails, |
| but I know that each January he intends to stop. |
| Maybe one of these New Year’s Days he’ll get over that habit. |
